Palace snatch equaliser to draw with Spurs, Southampton hammer Blades
Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane scored his ninth Premier League goal of the season, but Jeffrey Schlupp's late equaliser left the leaders frustrated after a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Elsewhere, Southampton hammered home three goals to further demoralise strugglers Sheffield United 3-0 at St Mary's Stadium.
Jeffrey Schlupp celebrates scoring the equaliser for Crystal Palace.Credit:Getty Images
In drizzle at Selhurst Park, Kane struck in the 23rd minute with a low long-range shot that deceived Palace keeper Vicente Guaita as Tottenham began in confident fashion.
Palace responded impressively to dominate after the break and Schlupp grabbed a deserved leveller from close range in the 81st minute.
Ben Davies struck the crossbar and Guaita made stunning saves from Kane and Eric Dier as Tottenham sparked back into life late on but they had to be content with a draw.
Saints cruise past Blades
Southampton striker Che Adams scored against his former club, and midfielders Stuart Armstrong and Nathan Redmond struck after the interval against Sheffield United at St Mary's Stadium.
Nathan Redmond scores for Southampton.Credit:Getty Images
Southampton dominated possession and went ahead on 34 minutes as the Blades failed to properly deal with a James Ward-Prowse free kick and Adams reacted quickest to tap home his fourth league goal of the season in front of 2000 supporters.
Armstrong doubled the home side's lead in the second half with a low shot that gave Blades goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale no chance as it took a big deflection off defender Phil Jagielka and rolled into the net.
Substitute Redmond scored his first goal of the season seven minutes from time with a side-footed finish following an exchange with midfielder Oriol Romeu to heap the pressure on Chris Wilder's bottom-placed side.
"We knew it would be a tough one. They're quite defensive. We knew that they would want to get something from the game," Armstrong said in a post-match interview.
"It was important to get that breakthrough early on. The first few minutes of the second half were a bit difficult, but we found our feet and deserved the win.
"Ultimately we want to be at the top end of the table. We've found ourselves in the bottom half in recent years ... We take things game by game, but today's a good start."
The Blades' 11th defeat of the campaign makes them the first team since Queens Park Rangers in 2012 to be without a win after 12 Premier League matches, and pressure is mounting on manager Wilder to reverse the slide.
Reuters